The Maikathari ( Mayi-Thakurti) were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Country
The Maithakari had, according to ethnologist
Norman Tindale, approximately of tribal territory extending from the Williams River and Cloncurry. Running north, its boundaries touched
Canobie Station on the
Cloncurry River, and extended east to where Julia Creek joins the Cloncurry, and also to Mount Fort Bowen. They were also present at Dalgonally.
Social organisation and rites
They did not practise either circumcision or
subincision.
Alternative names
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Maiðakuri
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Maiðakui
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Maidhagudi, Maitakudi
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Mayatagoorri
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Mythugadi
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Majadhagudi
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Mythuggadi
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Mythaguddi, Mitagurdi, Mittagurdi, Mitagurdi, Mitakoodi, Mittakoodi
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Mitrogoordi, Mitroogoordi
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